VLADIMIR PUTIN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?

Da, da, da. A crazy thought for sure. Or is it? p
political election humor
Vladimir Putin, president of Russia, will step down when his term ends next May and hand over the reigns to his protégé, Dmitry Medvedev. Medvedev has asked Putin to be prime minister, the second in command. I doubt Putin will play second fiddle to anyone – so, why not ask him to run for the presidency of U. S.?

If you know anything about the U.S. Constitution, asking Putin to run for the presidency is a political satire toward U.S. politicians. (On your left is Time Magazine's attempt at showing a mug shot of Putin.)

This blog was started to provide humor during the Campaign 2008 because I’m already sick of watching political bull sh#* on the news. On every channel is some commentator or presidential candidate spinning a story.

Political analysts watch every move the candidates make. They probably follow them to the bathroom. Other political analysts analyze what other political analysts say about what they are analyzing. And political commercials are talked about and compared to like the Super Bowl ads.

Maybe we should just vote for Putin for president. He’s done a GREAT job with Russia while the U.S. is sinking fast.

A little background…

Hold on! Before you call me a Communist or Socialist, I want you to understand that I’m very proud to be an American. I have no intention of having Putin as our president. However I believe he’d have done a much better job running our country for the last eight years.

I hate politics. I despise it. I can’t stand politicians. My stomach turns when I have listened to them babble about this and about that. Nothing ever gets done. But enough is enough. I’ve had it.

BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. Campaign 2008 has just begun.

I decided to write this political satire blog because it kills me to see America becoming a “third world country.” You don’t believe it? Look around. The Hurricane Katrina fiasco! We spent billions of dollars setting up FEMA only to have our own people suffer. We gave more aid to the tsunami victims and virtually neglected our own American citizens in need. More people are jobless, without health insurance, and the middle class is quickly evaporating.

The personal self interests of our politicians are the problem. I fear we are following the path of the downfall of the Roman Empire. Our politicians are controlled by self-interest groups and lobbyists.

I'm neither Democrat nor Republican -- I guess I’m Independent. I like some principles both Democrats and Republicans represent. But the parties are just not doing it for average Americans.

In order to win, politicians must figure out how to tell the most voters exactly what they want to hear. Unfortunately that leads to a lot of promises on the part of the candidates. Should we have a third political party or will that only lead to more lies?

Putin for President. He might be the solution to the problems, we Americans are facing. We should demand a president who'll stand firm on his beliefs and make things happen. We need a President who'll make Americans proud to be Americans – just as the Russians are proud to be Russian.

Putin is controversial, even in Russia. And I don’t agree with everything he’s done, but last time I checked, he has a higher approval rating than our President Bush.

The Russian economy is booming, while the U.S. economy is going down the toilet. Despite Putin controlling the Russian media, the Russians love him because he brought them out of bankruptcy. Russians are again proud to be Russian. Under Putin’s presidency, the average Russian salary has doubled in the last five years.

Russia is again a global super power.

Doubling of Russian salaries was a huge achievement. How did Putin do it? When the price of natural commodities sky rocketed, he skillfully distributed the windfall from the profits in ways that benefited everyone: rich and poor.

If I lived in Russia, Putin would have had my vote, despite some of the human rights issues he has been accused of. And don’t get me started on human rights issues. Last time I checked, our government has violated a few citizen right issues as well – all in the name of national security.

Unfortunately, no candidate in America has my vote today. I am undecided. Chances are that you’re undecided as well.

Time Magazine voted Putin as the '"Person of the Year. I predicted Putin would win it before it was announced because of what he has done for Russia in the last five years. Putin will be a major player on the global stage for the next twenty to thirty years. Time called him “dangerous.”

How can Putin be dangerous to America? Putin said he wants to be friends with the U.S. Our current administration is screwing this up. We need better relations with Russia not another cold war.

The world used to love America. What happened?

In the eight year Bush has been president, American has become an enemy in the opinion of most of the  world.

The cold war is over. America doesn't need to be a moral and global cop anymore. Nor should we. We no longer have the political or financial ability. We have major issues within our own borders. If we don’t solve them fast, the U.S. will be a third world country within the next twenty years.

When I look at all the crap on television about Campaign 2008, I see politicians posturing themselves and attacking each other. They avoid the most important issues concerning the American people - such as the economy, energy, budget, elderly and education.

I don’t care if the politician is a Mormon, Muslim, Christian, black, white, male, female, young or old.  So what if they smoked dope or did drugs in college? This has nothing to do with solving our problems today. I absolutely cannot figure out why this “free” country” has never voted a woman or a black person to be president. For heaven’s sake, third world countries, with less democracy, have had female presidents.

Politicians promise to solve every problem. It’s not realistically possible. Let’s limit it to ten critical issues. Count them on your fingers.

The 10 ISSUES that must be addressed by our candidates:

1. Vote for our ECONOMY
2. Vote for BUDGET
3. Vote for GREEN  
4. Vote for our TROOPS
5. Vote for FAIR TRADE
6. Vote for EDUCATION
7. Vote for DIVERSITY
8. Vote for HEALTH CARE
9. Vote for our ELDERLY
10. Vote for RUSSIA

Comments

[Alex]

It's nice to see that some of american people finally admit that GW is a clown and belongs to his texas ranch with the cows and not white house.
That is all because of few brainwashed "patriots" like guy above who calls Russia 3rd world country America is in situation it is now...
Don't forget - Russia has THOUSANDS years of history compared to few hundreds of US existence.
O yeah! almost forgot - Russian people would NEVER spend 18 BILLIONS of taxpayers money to investigate if someone got a blowjob...

[john q public]

whoever wrote is a true american. i've been frustrated for years in how our country has gone down the tubes because of democrats and republicans....we need someone like ron paul to shake things up.

[Jniffer1938]

You're nuts! The U.S. is the best place in the world to live. If you put a blog out in Russia saying Russia would be better off with GW, Putin would put your in prison by sun down. Russia is a 3rd. world country and always will be.

[Ralph Sims]

I don't want to see the U.S. beaten out by Russia. Russians are living pretty good right now - lots and lots of millionaires - and things are only getting tougher on our soil.

[jabbermouth]

You guys really tell it like it is! I love it! I pray our next President will LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE!

[majormom]

I totally agree with everything you've said and highly endorse it all, except for one thing. America began her downward spiral into global disrespect in the Clinton administration, again a wishy washy manchild who couldn't man up and get things done. Remember the Iraq fiasco started in that admnistration. It's just the current administration is also wishy washy. Maybe Putin is the guy (at least his skills and penchant for getting things done) -- I would love to see some internal attention paid to Americans and the many situations that need attention.

[donnerandblitzen]

Forget putin! Vote for Ron Paul!

[pokeymon12]

You are right on! Everyone I know has had a HARD time since the war in Iraq started. It's time the U.S. helped it's own!